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>> if we do not have any criminal charges, we have to let them go. >> is a letter was fired off the texas lawmakers saying that we may as well could a sign of a panhandle was as unwelcome the legal. >> illegal immigrants captured anywhere in the 26 county area of the texas panhandle are usually brought here before being transferred over to a federal holding facility. the scherer sells us on any given day he can see anywhere between 0-15 immigrants. >> and all, 41 agents will be moved out of nine cities. >> we prioritize the border security, putting more boots of the southern border if than at any time in our history. today, there are fewer illegal crossings that any time in the past 40 years. >> this sherriff argues that these interior for the patrol stations are second lines of defense and national security. he also worries that he was smugglers will have an easier time of across the country. >> taking to agents and saving them to the border when they already serve an area of 26,000 square miles just does not seem to make sense. >> the question local law enforcement officials are asking
>> if we do not have any criminal charges, we have to let them go. >> is a letter was fired off the texas lawmakers saying that we may as well could a sign of a panhandle was as unwelcome the legal. >> illegal immigrants captured anywhere in the 26 county area of the texas panhandle are usually brought here before being transferred over to a federal holding facility. the scherer sells us on any given day he can see anywhere between 0-15 immigrants. >> and all, 41 agents...
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madoff in new york and alan stanford in texas. now russell wasendorf in iowa is the latest addition to the rogue rogues gallery of men who appeared to be financial wizards but turned out to be con artist dean reynolds tells us his fraud is measured not just by the $200 million lost but by the community of people that he betrayed. >> sometimes things that look too good to be true are too good to be true. >> reporter: for mary shepherd, a former president of the cedar falls rotary club, it's been a harrowing week. >> it's pretty rare when we have the f.b.i. showing up downtown and going there and out of a building and there's a scandal this big going on. >> reporter: on main street, the aftershocks are still being felt from the implosion of the peregrine financial group and the unmasking of its founder, local boy russell wasendorf as a fraud of the first order. he promised $2 million to the university of northern iowa, contributed to charities for disabled children, and funded scholarships to a local community college. evidently wit
madoff in new york and alan stanford in texas. now russell wasendorf in iowa is the latest addition to the rogue rogues gallery of men who appeared to be financial wizards but turned out to be con artist dean reynolds tells us his fraud is measured not just by the $200 million lost but by the community of people that he betrayed. >> sometimes things that look too good to be true are too good to be true. >> reporter: for mary shepherd, a former president of the cedar falls rotary...
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that's the name of this marine in in jonestown, texas. the falling water level has forced the owner to temporarily move his marina out to deeper water three times in six years. >> there's only so much you can take as a small business person when this is... this keeps happening over and over and over again. >> reporter: lake travis is not just for recreation, it's part of a network of reservoirs that supplies water to one million people in central texas. now it's more than half empty. nearly 30 feet below normal july levels. what are the consequences for you here as a marino that owner? >> huge financial consequences. everything you can imagine fwrrx loss of customers, loss of confidence in the management of the water in lake travis, it affects not just us but affects property owners. >> reporter: this summer, 80% of the u.s. is abnormally dry. grazing pastures are barren and brown across the nation's mid-section. the national weather service estimates nearly a third of the midwest corn crop is in poor condition. today, illinois governor p
that's the name of this marine in in jonestown, texas. the falling water level has forced the owner to temporarily move his marina out to deeper water three times in six years. >> there's only so much you can take as a small business person when this is... this keeps happening over and over and over again. >> reporter: lake travis is not just for recreation, it's part of a network of reservoirs that supplies water to one million people in central texas. now it's more than half...
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lightning killing two men in texas. downpours turn into roads and rivers. scorching heat returning today. >>> held hostage, an american church pastor taken by kidnappers in egypt. desperately in need of his medication. >>> three-day delay. irate passengers revolting after their china to new york flight is canceled again and again and again. >>> sound of silence. a pair made in rock 'n' roll heaven. paul mccartney, bruce springsteen, a perfect concert until someone pulled the plug. >>> good morning, everybody. i'm john muller. >> i'm sunny hoss tin. >> dangerous heat back for millions of americans. >> it's only part of severe weather. killing two men in texas who ran for cover during a soccer match. >> the swift thunderstorm surprised the players. they took refuge under a tree which was a fatal mistake. >> i souheard what sounded like bomb go off. i saw lightning hit the tree and burst to the ground. >> reporter: it struck three people. one man died instantly, another man died at the hospital and one died instantly. racing water stunned drivers in washington
lightning killing two men in texas. downpours turn into roads and rivers. scorching heat returning today. >>> held hostage, an american church pastor taken by kidnappers in egypt. desperately in need of his medication. >>> three-day delay. irate passengers revolting after their china to new york flight is canceled again and again and again. >>> sound of silence. a pair made in rock 'n' roll heaven. paul mccartney, bruce springsteen, a perfect concert until someone...
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what you look at in texas is a little different. the supreme court has said look, you can require a photo i.d. they had that in a case in indiana. that is the current law. what's going on in texas relates more to the history of racism and segregation in voting and basically gives the attorney general the option to dip in if he thinks there's actually discrimination going on. how is that different and does the politics of that actually make it a little dicier? >> i think that yeah, exactly. what's happening in texas is they are going to wait and see and allow it to sort of happen and the idea has been that it's not a poll tax, as the attorney general pointedly put last week, as long as the i.d. is free. if in the implementation of it, they are disproportionately challenging hispanic voters, then you do get into an issue of historic discrimination where essentially the republican party sees the demographic cliff they're about to fall off of, they haven't been successful at attracting hispanic and african-american voters so let's reduc
what you look at in texas is a little different. the supreme court has said look, you can require a photo i.d. they had that in a case in indiana. that is the current law. what's going on in texas relates more to the history of racism and segregation in voting and basically gives the attorney general the option to dip in if he thinks there's actually discrimination going on. how is that different and does the politics of that actually make it a little dicier? >> i think that yeah,...
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texas is the hardest hit out of them with six border patrol closures. we talk with law enforcement there who say it is a bad idea. >> reporter: the patrol station and emerald texas its on grassy land at the edge of town. the offices hundreds of miles from the border and may not be much to look at. sheriff brian thomas is the dippy patrol for interstate 4. he counts on the border patrol agents for help. what do you think happens when you come across a group of illegal immigrants that may be trafficking? >> if we do not have any criminal charges on them have to let them go. >> reporter: the share fire off a letter to texas lawmakers saying that the plan is not thought out we should hang a sign on the texas panhandle that says welcome illegals. >> reporter: this is one of the holding cells and usually illegal immigrants are brought here before their transfer to a holding facility the sheriff here tells us that on any given day he can see between zero and 15 illegal immigrants here. customs and border protection agency says that is going to close down 90 st
texas is the hardest hit out of them with six border patrol closures. we talk with law enforcement there who say it is a bad idea. >> reporter: the patrol station and emerald texas its on grassy land at the edge of town. the offices hundreds of miles from the border and may not be much to look at. sheriff brian thomas is the dippy patrol for interstate 4. he counts on the border patrol agents for help. what do you think happens when you come across a group of illegal immigrants that may...
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. >> guest: we don't need a border fence from san diego to texas. border barriers, significantly reduced illegal immigration and people attending entry and certainly reducing crime in areas like el paso, texas where it was common for individuals from mexico to commit a crime and be able to return. i think we need it to be effective >> now that you are retired and can speak more freely deified policymakers thick of the phone and ask your advice and say what should we be doing about this? or do you not get those calls? >> political leaders have their own perspective of what they want and unfortunately they need to listen more to the people who have worked on the field. a number of people spent 30 years out of the field to give good perspective. >> south carolina is next. >> caller: thank you. i can't believe i'm talking to c-span. congratulations to this guy who has put his life in precarious places to help. the greatest problem with immigration in this country is inconsistency in the immigration policies. i lived in southern california for 20 years a
. >> guest: we don't need a border fence from san diego to texas. border barriers, significantly reduced illegal immigration and people attending entry and certainly reducing crime in areas like el paso, texas where it was common for individuals from mexico to commit a crime and be able to return. i think we need it to be effective >> now that you are retired and can speak more freely deified policymakers thick of the phone and ask your advice and say what should we be doing about...
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the weather proved fatal for two men from texas. here's more. >> reporter: the swift thunderstorms surprised the players and onlookers. they took refuge under a tree. that proved to be a fatal mistake. >> i heard what sounded like a bomb go off and i looked to my left. and i could see the lightning strike hit the top of the tree, go all the way down into this person on the ground. >> reporter: the lightning bold struck three people. >> one of them, he was breathing, then two of them stopped breathing. one they got to. they got him alive. >> reporter: one man died instantly, another died at the hospital, and a third person is in stable condition. sudden thunderstorms also wreaked havoc in other parts of the country. racing waters stunned drivers in washington state and brought traffic to a crawl. in arizona, a street vanished under the rushing water, and with mud rushing down the street, drivers got caught in the middle of it. and there's more severe weather on the horizon. a new heat wave is hitting the country, making already-sever
the weather proved fatal for two men from texas. here's more. >> reporter: the swift thunderstorms surprised the players and onlookers. they took refuge under a tree. that proved to be a fatal mistake. >> i heard what sounded like a bomb go off and i looked to my left. and i could see the lightning strike hit the top of the tree, go all the way down into this person on the ground. >> reporter: the lightning bold struck three people. >> one of them, he was breathing, then...
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. >>> two people died in texas when lightning struck a tree surrounded by spectators at a texas came. streets have been flooded leaving homeowners with a soggy mess. >>> storms were scattered. you say behind the storms, could be a change in the weather. >> yes. we are going to be dealing with a few showers and thunderstorms as we go throughout the day. that will continue as we go throughout the week, it's going to be hot and humid. we will have lots of energy to work with. the satellite and radar, not a lot going on across the nation. like you said, dealing with scattered showers, popping up as we go through time. we will see more of that possible in to this afternoon. look at the satellite and radar, my eye is on this cell, thunderstorm diving down to pennsylvania, that could make its way in to the area through the morning and also the afternoon. we will see if that fizzles out. one isolated storm we will be talking about. we will have a chance for more in to the afternoon. the heat and the humidity the main concern as we go through the next several days again. 72 degrees right now,
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three consider hit in texas, two of them died. a third in stable condition. in canada yesterday lightning also hit a tent at a rib festival in ontario. 17 people had to be rushed to the hospitals. and on friday lightning killed a man in georgia. he leaves behind a large family. >> nine children are now missing their father. because he was out here to have a nice afternoon. >> the man who died went into cardiac arrest shortly after that lightning hit him. knocked him and a friend to the ground. >>> a vote could happen later this month on a proposal to make walnut creek city council meetings english only. they voted to postpone a decision until the proposal is reviewed by the department of justice. if it passes council meetings will be conducted only in english and nonenglish speakers would have to bring their own interprets. >>> a french political party threatens to sue madonna over the use of a swastika. that showed a french political party leader with swastika on her fore head. it was also shown at other concerts. and the political party warned her not to sh
three consider hit in texas, two of them died. a third in stable condition. in canada yesterday lightning also hit a tent at a rib festival in ontario. 17 people had to be rushed to the hospitals. and on friday lightning killed a man in georgia. he leaves behind a large family. >> nine children are now missing their father. because he was out here to have a nice afternoon. >> the man who died went into cardiac arrest shortly after that lightning hit him. knocked him and a friend to...
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as well, west texas and up into colorado. we had big fires in colorado. half the trees are dead there. this is the bread basket. we grow corn, beans, soybeans. they are stressed. the rest of it is less than that. it was great. loved doing it. it was irrigated. we got the pump water out of the ground to make corn. the people that are doing that will be making money this year. it takes money to run that pump. it's a gasoline pump. spend thousands of dollars on gasoline to hundred that pump and water. farmers are seeing these extra costs and obviously you're going to see those extra costs in your wallet as well when you go to the grocery store. will it get better? nobody really gets wetter. maybe south georgia, little parts of florida. that brown area for the next 90 days, no significant additional rainfall to help us get out of this drought. it's close. it's one of the top ten biggest droughts. because we have better practices, better growing conditions, erosion control, drought resistant crops, we're not seeing the dust bowl l
as well, west texas and up into colorado. we had big fires in colorado. half the trees are dead there. this is the bread basket. we grow corn, beans, soybeans. they are stressed. the rest of it is less than that. it was great. loved doing it. it was irrigated. we got the pump water out of the ground to make corn. the people that are doing that will be making money this year. it takes money to run that pump. it's a gasoline pump. spend thousands of dollars on gasoline to hundred that pump and...
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texas lean romney is not really -- >> we have several month of polls. south carolina, the last poll is december. please, somebody, some reputable media organization in south dakota, south carolina and texas run a poll to settle it for the rest of the campaign. >> it means the electoral vote is tighter than we are showing it. we show this with an abundance of caution to keep some of the states that are tossup from long ago polling that aren't today. i don't expect them to be. >> he touched on important point. if you're the incumbent you try to narrow the field of places you play defense. if you are the challenger, you want to expand the field as you go forward on places you can play offense. for example, in 2000 we were playing offense in west virginia. a state that bob dole lost by 16 points in -- excuse me, in 196. we wanted to expand the battlefield. what is happening to president obama is they originally were running television advertising in seven states. they added an eighth state. now they are up to nine states. it may be that michigan, if the num
texas lean romney is not really -- >> we have several month of polls. south carolina, the last poll is december. please, somebody, some reputable media organization in south dakota, south carolina and texas run a poll to settle it for the rest of the campaign. >> it means the electoral vote is tighter than we are showing it. we show this with an abundance of caution to keep some of the states that are tossup from long ago polling that aren't today. i don't expect them to be....
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in houston texas, tragedy struck soccer players. the tree struck by lightning killing two of the men and third to the hospital. >> i heard what sounded like a bomb went off. lightning strike hit the tree and dispersed and went on the ground. >> lightning hit the tree and the men flew. >> gretchen: man who kidnapped two kidnapped tourist in egypt to at a back or heel kill the hostages. it is a pastor and both were from boston. the minister is a diabetic. >> we are still in good spirits and praying for him. >> there is no word for it. i can't believe this. this is a man of god. >> gretchen: their captor is using the hostages to get an uncle freed from prison. he is threatening to take more hostages. security breach in london row -- heth row airport. airport staffers allowed several people in the country even though their names appear on a terror watch list. the the olympic committee did not hire enough guard. nba superstar jason kidd arrested for drunk driving . he just signed with the new york knicks. he was carried out of the night
in houston texas, tragedy struck soccer players. the tree struck by lightning killing two of the men and third to the hospital. >> i heard what sounded like a bomb went off. lightning strike hit the tree and dispersed and went on the ground. >> lightning hit the tree and the men flew. >> gretchen: man who kidnapped two kidnapped tourist in egypt to at a back or heel kill the hostages. it is a pastor and both were from boston. the minister is a diabetic. >> we are still...
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and desktop fab is had quartered in texas? now, how is this mechanical hand printed, as you say, on this printer? how does that happen? >> guest: so all of these individual parts were printed on the machine and asemiened. so you still have metal bolts and electronics and motors inside, ball of the plastic was made here. >> host: on this machine? >> guest: yes. >> host: and are these commercially available at this point? >> guest: they are. they cost, this particular model, 3,930. >> host: how many have you soldsome. >> guest: several hundred, ini colluding the manufacturers. >> host: who would need a 3-d printer? >> guest: mostly hobbyists, small businesses or anytime you need to do interactive design. if you wanted -- [inaudible] would have been about $10,000. in parts materials from the machine it's less than 100. so you can go and very easily prototype stuff, and if it doesn't work, it doesn't matter. you just print out another one, and it's still cheap. >> host: so your role at desktop, are you inventers? are you distribut
and desktop fab is had quartered in texas? now, how is this mechanical hand printed, as you say, on this printer? how does that happen? >> guest: so all of these individual parts were printed on the machine and asemiened. so you still have metal bolts and electronics and motors inside, ball of the plastic was made here. >> host: on this machine? >> guest: yes. >> host: and are these commercially available at this point? >> guest: they are. they cost, this...
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. >> reporter: dangerous storms in texas today made a deadly strike. at a houston soccer game, spectators taking shelter under this tree were hit by lightning. two people were killed. a third, sent to the hospital. storm clouds are soaking parts of texas, arizona and washington state. flooding roads, leaving homeowners with a soggy mess. >> when we woke up at 1:00, came out here, the water was already up here. we had exactly one hour to get everything up. >> reporter: from too much water to not enough, where it is desperately needed. sunday brought no day of rest for an army of nearly 2,000 firefighters near sacramento, california. the 2,200 acre robbers fire is forcing evacuations, threatening nearly 200 homes. >> this is definitely one of the more remote fires and some of the steepest slopes that i've seen a fire burn in. >> reporter: tonight, there is red flag fire weather in five states and heat advisories across a huge swath, from south dakota to the great lakes. forecasters are warning people to drink plenty of water and watch out for signs of he
. >> reporter: dangerous storms in texas today made a deadly strike. at a houston soccer game, spectators taking shelter under this tree were hit by lightning. two people were killed. a third, sent to the hospital. storm clouds are soaking parts of texas, arizona and washington state. flooding roads, leaving homeowners with a soggy mess. >> when we woke up at 1:00, came out here, the water was already up here. we had exactly one hour to get everything up. >> reporter: from too...
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places like denver down towards albuquerque, phoenix, lubbock, texas. as we move eastward across the mississippi river valley. tennessee valley. ohio valley areas that of course have all that farming that's going to be affected. all of the crops. across georgia extreme to exceptional drought only area we are not seeing it is florida that's because of tropical storm debbie. >> watch what you wish for it might just come along. >> true. >> whole other problem in southern utah. >> take a look at some of these pictures. utah is into severe drought but the ground is dry. any moirts that comes from the monsoon season is going to act as run off. some of the pictures are incredible from sunday. extreme flooding. this happens this time of year and hundreds of homes were damaged. shepard, we're going to seat same thing almost a repeat tonight as we get that moisture. that seasonal shift from the monsoon season up towards the four corners. and moving into that region that we just saw saint george heavy rain and potential for severe weather. because of the flooding,
places like denver down towards albuquerque, phoenix, lubbock, texas. as we move eastward across the mississippi river valley. tennessee valley. ohio valley areas that of course have all that farming that's going to be affected. all of the crops. across georgia extreme to exceptional drought only area we are not seeing it is florida that's because of tropical storm debbie. >> watch what you wish for it might just come along. >> true. >> whole other problem in southern utah....
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at this time a recognize the gentleman from texas, dr. burgess, for five minutes. >> i thank the chairman for the recognition to mr. frantz, but stay on the subordination issue. the energy policy act of 2005 i'm sure you're familiar with it because you one of the original higher loan project office in 2000 administered this program. in 1703, the clause under subordination reach the obligation shall be subject to the condition that the obligation is not subordinate to other financing, simple, straightforward statement on even a nonlawyer like myself can understand it. the difficulty that i think mr. green is exactly right in his life question is exactly correct, but the difficulty goes to them, the law does not go on to prescribe any penalties, civil or criminal, for violation of this. so while i believe the secretary to been in technical violation of this passage of the energy policy act of 2005, there is no penalty. so for that reason earlier this year, i introduced another bill, 5863, to prescribe civil monetary penalties between 10 and
at this time a recognize the gentleman from texas, dr. burgess, for five minutes. >> i thank the chairman for the recognition to mr. frantz, but stay on the subordination issue. the energy policy act of 2005 i'm sure you're familiar with it because you one of the original higher loan project office in 2000 administered this program. in 1703, the clause under subordination reach the obligation shall be subject to the condition that the obligation is not subordinate to other financing,...
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coming up, how a texas man track down t >> welcome back. a pretty amazing story. a texas man is reunited with his stolen car more than 40 years after it was stolen. his 1967 austin healey was stolen back in 1970. this past may after years of searching he actually found the car. it was up for sale on ebay by someone in the l.a.. -- by someone in l.a. >> this guy is busted. the car was stolen in pennsylvania and found across the country. the owner paid $3,000 for the car back in 1967. now it is worth 23,000. in maybe it is worth searching for 40 years. >> you wonder who really stole it. this could have changed hands and hands. the one person trying to sell it may be innocent through it all. and that is amazing. hold on to your paperwork. >> let's check in with doug hill this morning to find out how to date is shaping up here yet to go going to be a little bit hot and humid today. a cold front will approach as early as wednesday. looking at the calendar -- camera and arlington. we're calling to have a lot of sunshine. heat and humidity is the issue. mainly 70's as yo
coming up, how a texas man track down t >> welcome back. a pretty amazing story. a texas man is reunited with his stolen car more than 40 years after it was stolen. his 1967 austin healey was stolen back in 1970. this past may after years of searching he actually found the car. it was up for sale on ebay by someone in the l.a.. -- by someone in l.a. >> this guy is busted. the car was stolen in pennsylvania and found across the country. the owner paid $3,000 for the car back in 1967....
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three houses were hit if -- were hit in harris county, texas yesterday and if two people died. friday, lightning killed a man in georgia and that man leaves behind a very large family. >>> nine children are now missing our father because he was out here to have a nice afternoon. the man who died went into cardiac arrest after being knocked by lightning. it knocked him and his friend to the ground. >>> starting in sent the agency who sees consumer finances will -- september the agency who sees consumer -- who oversees consumer finances will answer to the consumer protection bureau. the government says since credit agencies have such control over personal finances, they need to have someone to answer to. the increase in costs, of tuition and tough, economic times are forcing families to cut back on the -- to cut back on the p spending. reports from sallie mae say parents spent 11% less on college costs this last year. that includes lowering costs and having students live at home instead of on campus. >>> how about some good news about gas prices. >> how much bay area prices have
three houses were hit if -- were hit in harris county, texas yesterday and if two people died. friday, lightning killed a man in georgia and that man leaves behind a very large family. >>> nine children are now missing our father because he was out here to have a nice afternoon. the man who died went into cardiac arrest after being knocked by lightning. it knocked him and his friend to the ground. >>> starting in sent the agency who sees consumer finances will -- september the...
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three soccer players were struck by lightning in texas yesterday, two died. in canada lightning struck a tent at a rib fest. 17 people were taken to hospitals and on friday lightning killed a georgia man who went into cardiac arrest after being struck. >>> for your monday, cool, cloudy and breezy, that is what we are seeing right now, that is what we will continue with for the second half of your day. looking at the bay bridge and the city. mostly cloudy skies. bringing us breezy conditions and brazil as it lifts the marine layer. the winds are blowing, sfo15 miles per hour. san jose 15. fairfield 26 miles per hour. plenty of gray along the coast line. santaotia partly cloudy skies. and -- santa rosa partly cloudy skies. and the mix of sun and clouds continue today. wind gusts picking up pretty good. fairfield 33. 22 oakland. livermore 30 miles per hour. the breeze will be with us. the marine layer 3,000 feet right now. yesterday it was 2,000 feet. this is the system that is convicting to the cool down -- contributing to the cool down. this will sink south. t
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there was a deadly lightning strike in texas. two men died and a third tried to take cover during a storm in the middle of a soccer game. >> i looked to my left and i could see the lightning strike hit the top of the tree and go down to the ground. >> forecasters are predicting even more 100 descre temperatures for the east coast this week. >> federal and san francisco investigators are trying to figure out how someone cut into a secure communications facility. it is a bunker between the two towers on twin peaks. vandals cut a small portion of the chain link fence surrounding the facility. the cables were cut, but the person never got inside. >> all of the vital cities were not impacted. >> it is one of the broadcast points for police, fire and other city crews radio communications. because of that the fin was called in, but the sfpd is handling the investigation. officials will not say how the security breech happened. >>> protesters are refusing to give up on their fight to keep some oakland schools open. today they held anothe
there was a deadly lightning strike in texas. two men died and a third tried to take cover during a storm in the middle of a soccer game. >> i looked to my left and i could see the lightning strike hit the top of the tree and go down to the ground. >> forecasters are predicting even more 100 descre temperatures for the east coast this week. >> federal and san francisco investigators are trying to figure out how someone cut into a secure communications facility. it is a bunker...
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. >>> in texas the biggest problem for a skunk is usually the odor but this little guy got a bottle stuck to his face and wandered around for a few minutes with a container. animal control showed up and removed the bottle. the skunk was said to be confused but doing just fine. >>> for a look at your national and regional weather, bill karins. >> go back to the ice cream story. how would you have done? >> pretty good. i hate to say it but i could have blown them out of the water. >> i get impran freezes. >> give me a banana split i could have taken you out in a minute flat. >> i would have watched. another heat wave in the middle of the country but the heat is going to peak. yesterday 95-plus club with washington, d.c., chicago, st. louis, indianapolis, des moines, kansas city, wichita, kansas city, and 102 in rapid city, and denver hit 100 also. the next heat wave we're not watching that way in the way of wet weather to provide us any relief or cloud cover for that matter. we have heat advisories for many areas of south dakota, southern wisconsin and heat advisories in place around new yo
. >>> in texas the biggest problem for a skunk is usually the odor but this little guy got a bottle stuck to his face and wandered around for a few minutes with a container. animal control showed up and removed the bottle. the skunk was said to be confused but doing just fine. >>> for a look at your national and regional weather, bill karins. >> go back to the ice cream story. how would you have done? >> pretty good. i hate to say it but i could have blown them out...
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there was a deadly lightning strike in texas. two men died and a third tried to take cover during a storm in the middle of a soccer game. >> i looked to my left and i could see the lightning strike hit the top of the tree and go down to the ground. >> forecasters are predicting even more 100 descre temperatures for the east coast this week. >> >> federal and san francisco investigators are trying to figure out how someone cut into a secure communications facility. it is a bunker between the two towers on twin peaks. vandals cut a small portion of the chain link fence surrounding the facility. the cables were cut, but the person never got inside. >> all of the vital cities were not impacted. >> it is one of the broadcast points for police, fire and other city crews radio communications. because of that the fin was called in, but the sfpd is handling the investigation. officials will not say how the security breech happened. >>> protesters are refusing to give up on their fight to keep some oakland schools open. today they held ano
there was a deadly lightning strike in texas. two men died and a third tried to take cover during a storm in the middle of a soccer game. >> i looked to my left and i could see the lightning strike hit the top of the tree and go down to the ground. >> forecasters are predicting even more 100 descre temperatures for the east coast this week. >> >> federal and san francisco investigators are trying to figure out how someone cut into a secure communications facility. it is...
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. >> caller: boo-yah, jim, from the great state of texas. >> wow, texas, new york, i like it. what's going on? >> caller: my stock is threshold pharmaceuticals, thld. >> this stock had a monster move. you know, this is like the targets technology. biotechnology i like. i'm not backing away provided you regard it as a speculative play and not health care. how about jamie in maryland. jamie? >> a beautiful thank you boo-yah to you. >> nice. what's up? >> caller: national cash register company. >> i cannot believe they are doing as well as it is. national crash is the old nickname. it's finally turned. i believe in retail. retail is good. my hat is off to bill nudie. he did it right. took a little time but you have figured it out. nick in wisconsin. >> caller: hey, jim. how are you? >> all right. how about you, nick? >> caller: first of all, a wisconsin b-b-boo-yah. >> we always want a stuttering wisconsin boo-yah. >> caller: my question of the day is should i buy the etf gld? >> yes. i like it. [ buy, buy, buy ] i believe in the end europe has to print money and that's the trigg
. >> caller: boo-yah, jim, from the great state of texas. >> wow, texas, new york, i like it. what's going on? >> caller: my stock is threshold pharmaceuticals, thld. >> this stock had a monster move. you know, this is like the targets technology. biotechnology i like. i'm not backing away provided you regard it as a speculative play and not health care. how about jamie in maryland. jamie? >> a beautiful thank you boo-yah to you. >> nice. what's up? >>...
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. >> the surcharges won't affect everybody, and ten states including california, new york and texas have laws prohibiting merchants from passing them along, and the big chain stores may not pass along the surcharge, but for small business owners who don't have the same bargaining power, swipe fees add up. >> i feel really apprehensive about approaching them for picking that up. the bottom line is to keep people coming in and keep them happy and to be able to keep doing what i am doing because i love it. >> business owners looking at a different bottom line. >>> still to come at 5:00, we will take you behind the scenes of one of the most memorable car chases in movie history, and how one gained total access the making of that movie. >>> driving around san francisco, it's hard not to think about the famous car chase that came alive in the streets of san francisco and one of the most wrerecognizable film. we spoke to a man with a unique view of the famous production. >> steve mcqueen racing through the streets of san francisco, and it's one of the few occasions you will see somebody make a
. >> the surcharges won't affect everybody, and ten states including california, new york and texas have laws prohibiting merchants from passing them along, and the big chain stores may not pass along the surcharge, but for small business owners who don't have the same bargaining power, swipe fees add up. >> i feel really apprehensive about approaching them for picking that up. the bottom line is to keep people coming in and keep them happy and to be able to keep doing what i am...
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in texas lightning killed two spectators sitting under a tree at a soccer game. >> i heard what sounded like a bomb go off. it was like sparks and fire. >> reporter: near phoenix, a summertime dust storm called a haboob. >> look at this massive haboob coming our way. >> now storms in the middle of the country after this fourth heat wave passes. today there are red flag fire warnings and heat advisories spanning the met. 13 states are and some kind of alert. over the next three days the oven like conditions will move east affecting washington, d.c. type above the. the-- to boston. reporting live in new york, scott goldsburg. >> starting to sound like a broken record. >>> 50 people are homeless tonight after sunday morning's early morning fire. two apartment billings were seriously damaged. firefighters needed four hours to get it under control. they are still investigating the cause tonight. >>> baltimore county volunteer fire companies are warning about a telemarketer scam. apparently telemarketers are calling people saying they're with the baltimore county firefighters association but
in texas lightning killed two spectators sitting under a tree at a soccer game. >> i heard what sounded like a bomb go off. it was like sparks and fire. >> reporter: near phoenix, a summertime dust storm called a haboob. >> look at this massive haboob coming our way. >> now storms in the middle of the country after this fourth heat wave passes. today there are red flag fire warnings and heat advisories spanning the met. 13 states are and some kind of alert. over the next...
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. >> reporter: he comes from houston, texas, where he was chief middle schools officers of the independent school district. he distinguishes himself as a steady leader with problem solving and human relations skills. at 3 1-rbgs he's the youngest superintendent baltimore county has seen in many years but he doesn't let this sway his focus. >> the conversation has to switch. and what it takes to run an organization. that's leader ship, visionary, and there have been many individual wls mountains of experience who have not been successful but i think you have to look at the skill set of man individual before you look at age or any other criteria. >> reporter: disans is anxious to get into more classrooms to talk with teachers and faculty. he said visiting schools keep him grounded and this school system can become the best. >> it's not one person leading the-- district. we're paul leaders. >> now dr. dance plans to continue his listening tours in september and october and plans to talk to staff, the community and students. he wants to gather their input on the school system. you can find thi
. >> reporter: he comes from houston, texas, where he was chief middle schools officers of the independent school district. he distinguishes himself as a steady leader with problem solving and human relations skills. at 3 1-rbgs he's the youngest superintendent baltimore county has seen in many years but he doesn't let this sway his focus. >> the conversation has to switch. and what it takes to run an organization. that's leader ship, visionary, and there have been many individual...
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. >>> a texas man has been reunited with a stolen car after 40 years. robert russell found his 1967 austin heely on ebay. he still had the title certificate and paid around 3000 bucks for the car and now it's worth $23,000. >>> some new concerns over the chesapeake bay crab population. they're worried that regulations are causing a sperm shortage in the males. tonight tim williams looks at the new numbers and what they mean for your next crab. >> reporter: in the digging world of crabs. >> male and female sex ratio has actually increased, that is, there are fewer females than males. >> results of the latest independent survey show the number of female crabs has increased for the second straight year while juvenile crabs have increased. >> the ultimate goal is to have more adult crabs that are back into the fishery. >> reporter: the new findings are a complete turn around. in january there were three females to every male. now we're closer to the ideal number of eight females to every male. >>> if there's not a male that's fully charged, ready to go at t
. >>> a texas man has been reunited with a stolen car after 40 years. robert russell found his 1967 austin heely on ebay. he still had the title certificate and paid around 3000 bucks for the car and now it's worth $23,000. >>> some new concerns over the chesapeake bay crab population. they're worried that regulations are causing a sperm shortage in the males. tonight tim williams looks at the new numbers and what they mean for your next crab. >> reporter: in the digging...
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. >>> pez ko un tiburÓn toro en la costa de galo beso tono texas y lo de vol rÍo al mar. en long beach. clarls botifoll tele nuncaed. >>> esto vamos a la primera pausa al regresar. autoridades de salud aprueban un medicamento que puede contribuir en la reducciÓn de nuevos casos de vih. >>> el presidente barack obama y su virtual rival mitt romney. abren su radio de acciÓn. que puede culminar en uno de los comicios mÁs reÑidos en estados unidos. y sigue la expectativa de quien serÁ el o la compaÑera de fÓrmula de romney. lori montenegro tiene lo Último desde washington. >>> la campaÑa del presidente barack obama sacÓ este anuncio donde se escucha su virtual contrincante mitt romney cantando una canciÓn patriotica. pero con imÁgenes que dicen que romney mostrarÍa su amor por estados unidos con recortes tributarios a empresas que se llevan los trabajos al exterior como india y a mÉxico y teniendo sus cuentas bancarias en paÍses como suiza. >>> un mensaje que el mandatario repitiÓ en ohio, un estado que tiene que ganar para ser reelecto. >>> dijo que un estudi
. >>> pez ko un tiburÓn toro en la costa de galo beso tono texas y lo de vol rÍo al mar. en long beach. clarls botifoll tele nuncaed. >>> esto vamos a la primera pausa al regresar. autoridades de salud aprueban un medicamento que puede contribuir en la reducciÓn de nuevos casos de vih. >>> el presidente barack obama y su virtual rival mitt romney. abren su radio de acciÓn. que puede culminar en uno de los comicios mÁs reÑidos en estados unidos. y sigue la...
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she's in university of texas i'm a small clinic, the information stays with me. there's a lot of duplication in medicine. and they got out of the hospital, a record release no one knows the labs. i wanted the patient to somehow in cyberspace have their own folder that they own with their medical information and access it from computers in the office and pull up the cat scans in the hospital. it's not the hospital system, you understand, they get to choose what they wanted and who has access to it because we have so much records that are sometimes inaccurate and you can check on electronic records now, and normal exams, if you can put normal male instead of normal female, you don't catch it it's in their records and a lot of duplication of records and misinformation of records and that's at the core of where i am. i'm exactly like him. let the patient pay him $50 or $60, pay that much to get the oil changed in the car and $10 co-pay, i don't think i have it. they don't realize we get paid so little from the insurance companies, their co-pay is basically cash flow
she's in university of texas i'm a small clinic, the information stays with me. there's a lot of duplication in medicine. and they got out of the hospital, a record release no one knows the labs. i wanted the patient to somehow in cyberspace have their own folder that they own with their medical information and access it from computers in the office and pull up the cat scans in the hospital. it's not the hospital system, you understand, they get to choose what they wanted and who has access to...
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. >>> finally in texas, the biggest problem for a skunk is usually its odor, but this little guy somehow got a bottle stuck to his face and wandered around for a few minutes with a container going along for the ride. animal control showed up later. they removed that bottle. the skunk seems to be doing fine. just a little confused. >>> now for a look at your national and regional weather, here's bill karins with the weather channel forecast. he has no idea where he was and what was going on. >> didn't care either. >> lights were off. >> not afraid of much. lucky he didn't get sprayed. have you ever had any run-ins with skunks or your pets. >> no, knock on wood. >> tomato soup bath only works a little bit. >> doesn't work? >> masks it. we are dealing with a unique weather pattern in the pacific northwest. what we call an upper level low. a storm system that's well above the ground and it's actually -- you can kind of pick up the spin. look at the direction the radar is kind of going. the green on the map shows you where the rain is. you notice you can see it right in here just south of oly
. >>> finally in texas, the biggest problem for a skunk is usually its odor, but this little guy somehow got a bottle stuck to his face and wandered around for a few minutes with a container going along for the ride. animal control showed up later. they removed that bottle. the skunk seems to be doing fine. just a little confused. >>> now for a look at your national and regional weather, here's bill karins with the weather channel forecast. he has no idea where he was and what...
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in texas three were struck while trying to take shelter under trees. one died at the scene, another at the hospital. the third expected to recover. in canada lightning hit a dining at the present time at a rib fest in ontario. 17 people were rushed to the hospital expected to survive. >> we heard people screaming. we saw people running. there was a number of people who had been hit by the after shock of it and went running past us. >> in georgia two men were hit while trying to shelter under trees, one of them a father of 9, he later died. >> get inside. i got to get the dogs in here, get in the interior room. it's picking up. a tornado touched down in virginia on saturday. burt rustle captioned this video of a twister. trees were uprooted and buildings damaged as well. on the website we have section called tornado alley. there is a look at precautions to take and severe weather and watch storm chasers live. head to abc2news.com and look under the weather tab. >>> now a check of out weather. in each of those three stories , there is a lesson for all of
in texas three were struck while trying to take shelter under trees. one died at the scene, another at the hospital. the third expected to recover. in canada lightning hit a dining at the present time at a rib fest in ontario. 17 people were rushed to the hospital expected to survive. >> we heard people screaming. we saw people running. there was a number of people who had been hit by the after shock of it and went running past us. >> in georgia two men were hit while trying to...
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they're home to take on texas on tuesday. an amazing three week stretch for serena williams. she had the second straight win at the bank of the west. her opponent playing in her first wta final. the experience was key. serena as all of it in command throughout. serving. vandeweghe returns with the left hand. the drop shot, and then ven deway into the net. championship point. serena, another forehand winner. williams with back-to-back bank of the west titles. >> zach johnson needed good canadaie at individual at the first playoff hole today. the problem was his usual caddie was not at his side. he was playing at the u.s. senior open and finished 17th. johnson thought he had this in the bag. troy mat session son was two back when he lined up this 60-footer on 17. use thursday whole cup. moves into the a tie. johnson walking to 18. mat sessionson hits the approach into the water. here's where johnson needed the caddie to say lay up and walk this thing in instead finds the drink. they replay 18 and then johnson 6 iron to perfection, almost rolls in. a tap-in bird for his second t
they're home to take on texas on tuesday. an amazing three week stretch for serena williams. she had the second straight win at the bank of the west. her opponent playing in her first wta final. the experience was key. serena as all of it in command throughout. serving. vandeweghe returns with the left hand. the drop shot, and then ven deway into the net. championship point. serena, another forehand winner. williams with back-to-back bank of the west titles. >> zach johnson needed good...
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home to take on texas on tuesday. >> it's been an appeasing stretch for serena william. she won at the bank of the west today. her opponent, ceo vandeweghe. the gap in experience was evident. serena serbing, vandeweghe returns with the left hand. switches bag righty, and misses it. serena, another winner. williams is back-to-back bank of the west titles. >> zach johnson needed good caddie advice on the first playoff hole on the john deere classic. the problem was his usual caddie was not at his side. he was playing at the u.s. senior open. johnson thought he had the thing in the bag. troy matteson was two back and he uses the whole cup. moves to 20-under, into a first-place tie. johnson walking up 18, stunned. first playoff hole, matteson into the water. here'sy johnson needed his caddie. finds the drink. a pair of double bogeys. they replay 18 and johnson finds the fairway bunker again. this time ropes the best 6 iron approach. a tap-in bird for his second tour win this year. u.s. senior open, final round in michigan. roger chapman, an unlikely winner of this jeer's sen
home to take on texas on tuesday. >> it's been an appeasing stretch for serena william. she won at the bank of the west today. her opponent, ceo vandeweghe. the gap in experience was evident. serena serbing, vandeweghe returns with the left hand. switches bag righty, and misses it. serena, another winner. williams is back-to-back bank of the west titles. >> zach johnson needed good caddie advice on the first playoff hole on the john deere classic. the problem was his usual caddie...
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he held out a texas twang and gave his best bush impression. i'm a governor, my daddy was president. i own a baseball team. but al gore was right in using the lewinsky issue. >> now if he decides he can't help himself and starts campaigning against me, the shadow returns. bill: the shadow. we learned when book visited the white house after the recount of 2000, he asked clinton if that shadow offended him and he gave him a pass. and of course clinton became close to george bush 41 and the family. they consider clinton a brother of another mother. and listen to this. >> is that so ridiculous our odd couple partnership, that barbara began to refer to me as her black sheep son, you know, the one that -- [laughter] strays. there's one in every family. gets the politics wrong and make some of the mistakes. chris: you got all in the book? >> yes. chris: how ike helped ronald reagan against richard nixon and some of nixon's own sku duggery. chris: welcome back. his book about the most secret club of the most powerful men of former presidents, there was
he held out a texas twang and gave his best bush impression. i'm a governor, my daddy was president. i own a baseball team. but al gore was right in using the lewinsky issue. >> now if he decides he can't help himself and starts campaigning against me, the shadow returns. bill: the shadow. we learned when book visited the white house after the recount of 2000, he asked clinton if that shadow offended him and he gave him a pass. and of course clinton became close to george bush 41 and the...
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lightning strikes blamed for fires on both coasts and in texas. two men were killed at a soccer match after lightning hit the tree there were standing under. >> i heard what sounded like a bomb go off and in hit the top of the tree. it was like sparks and are going all the way down the tree. >> that same strike injured a third man. he is in stable condition at a houston hospital. a south carolina mother is speaking for the first time about her battle with a rare flesh eating bacteria. she had just given birth to twins when she noticed a spot on the back of for left leg. her first thought was it was a blood clot. it turned out to be a serious infection. acs undergone four surgeries to remove dead skin and dead tissue. >> i have received so much support. it's been overwhelming. i'm very grateful. even world wide i have gotten encouragement and support from people, i don't even know. >> doctors say that she could be headed home this week it for condition continues to improve. two women in north carolina and georgia are also battling the same infectio
lightning strikes blamed for fires on both coasts and in texas. two men were killed at a soccer match after lightning hit the tree there were standing under. >> i heard what sounded like a bomb go off and in hit the top of the tree. it was like sparks and are going all the way down the tree. >> that same strike injured a third man. he is in stable condition at a houston hospital. a south carolina mother is speaking for the first time about her battle with a rare flesh eating...
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gotten the guys in waco, texas, to have cohesion together. i think redskins' nation needs to calm down. >> in terms of the season, don't expect too much? going to be a learning curve? >> everyone has expectations here. bring it down here, so when he does this, we're just happy. >> mine are down here. let me ask you a question, if you're rg3, we had a big discussion, or there was almost a fight downstairs about this earlier this morning, if you know you're going to get the deal done, shouldn't you shown up to camp? >> no. >> why not? >> because if he turning an ankle, gets hurt, anything that happens before the contract is signed, he doesn't get the money. that's your risk. i wouldn't be willing to take that risk. >> okay. that's a good point. goodpoint. let's that you can about strasburg. here's the deal -- >> my partner is probably at home holding his breath because we're talking baseball. >> does he not like baseball? >> he doesn't think i'm qualified to speak on baseball. >> kevin, watch this. strasburg, the nats said they're going to pull
gotten the guys in waco, texas, to have cohesion together. i think redskins' nation needs to calm down. >> in terms of the season, don't expect too much? going to be a learning curve? >> everyone has expectations here. bring it down here, so when he does this, we're just happy. >> mine are down here. let me ask you a question, if you're rg3, we had a big discussion, or there was almost a fight downstairs about this earlier this morning, if you know you're going to get the deal...
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thank you very much. >>> oil and gas companies building new roads through texas ranches. now drug traffickers are using the same roads to avoid border patrols. hear about the creative tactics, next. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ i've got a nice long life ahead. big plans. so when i found out medicare doesn't pay all my medical expenses, i looked at my options. then i got a medicare supplement insurance plan. [ male announcer ] if you're eligible for medicare, you may know it only covers about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to you. call now and find out about an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. like all standardized medicare supplement plans, it helps pick up some of what medicare doesn't pay. and could save you thousands in out-of-pocket costs. to me, relationships matter. i've been with my doctor for 12 years. now i know i'll be able to stick with him. [ male announcer ] with these types of plans, you'll be able to visit any doctor or hospital that accepts medicare patients. plus, there are no networks, an
thank you very much. >>> oil and gas companies building new roads through texas ranches. now drug traffickers are using the same roads to avoid border patrols. hear about the creative tactics, next. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ i've got a nice long life ahead. big plans. so when i found out medicare doesn't pay all my medical expenses, i looked at my options. then i got a medicare supplement insurance plan. [ male announcer ] if you're eligible for medicare, you may know it only covers about...
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he flew after getting his wings in texas, he started as a barnstormer. he knew that barnstormers didn't live very long. he didn't have a great future, so he became an army aviator and then he joined the airmail kick in when he was, when he was flying the airmail from st. louis to chicago one night after fonck crashed, he thought to himself i can do that myself. i thought, you know, like everybody else he thought fonck was going to win but then he thought if i can stay awake for 40 hours, which i've done as an airmail pilot, then if i flight alone and they keep the weight down i could have enough gas to make it across. and so, and his theory of how to do it was radically different from all the other pilots at that time. that's his plane, the spirit of st. louis when he landed a week before taking off. this is a photo of lindbergh shaking the hand of clarence chamberlain in front of the spirit of st. louis with byrd in between. you can see that lindbergh was quite tall. his nickname was slim. we were talking about this. at one time i knew, not sure whether
he flew after getting his wings in texas, he started as a barnstormer. he knew that barnstormers didn't live very long. he didn't have a great future, so he became an army aviator and then he joined the airmail kick in when he was, when he was flying the airmail from st. louis to chicago one night after fonck crashed, he thought to himself i can do that myself. i thought, you know, like everybody else he thought fonck was going to win but then he thought if i can stay awake for 40 hours, which...